It is the District’s intent to recognize at-risk students and provide assistance for them. Meeting the needs of students at-risk is a complex task involving collaboration between families, students, the District, the community, and local governmental resources. To be effective, approaches to helping at-risk students will involve a wide variety of curricular approaches, staff development, collaboration efforts, and administrative support.
Any student identified as at-risk of not meeting the goals of the educational program established by the District, completing a high school education or becoming a productive worker is considered to be at-risk. These students include but are not limited to those identified as: dropouts, potential dropouts, drug users, drug abusers, low academic achievers, abused, homeless, youth offenders, and those with sudden negative changes in performance or physical trauma, language barriers, and/or learning disabilities or special needs.
The goals of the District’s at-risk program are:
1. To reduce student failure in school.
2. To increase the chance for all students to experience a productive life.
3. To develop a staff awareness of the need for the at-risk program.
4. To develop a curriculum and adopt instruction to meet the needs of at-risk students.
5. To provide an early intervention program.
6. To involve parents, community, and local governmental agencies with the at-risk program.
The overall responsibility for the development and monitoring of the program for students at-risk shall lie with the Superintendent.
Approved: 10/16/14
Reviewed: FY 2016-2017, August 15, 2016, June 28, 2021
Revised: 02/24/17